Redding, J. Saunders (Jay Saunders), 1906-1988
Variant namesBorn in Wilmington, Delaware. Brown University Class of 1928. Professor of English at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1943 to 1966. Married Esther Elizabeth James. Brother Louis Lorenzo Redding was Brown Class of 1923; sister C. Gwendolyn Redding was Pembroke Class of 1923. Children: Conway Holmes Redding and Lewis A. Redding (both attended Brown University). At different times was Professor of American History at Georgetown University; Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters, Department of English, Cornell University; Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Research and Publications, 1966 to 1969. Authored: To Make a Poet Black; No Day of Triumph; Stranger and Alone; They Came in Chains; On Being Negro in America. He was known as a specialist in Afro-American Literature.
From the description of Papers, [ca. 1940-1980]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 145430372
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| creatorOf | Holden, Adele V. Autograph letter signed Adele V. Holden to: "Professor Redding" February 6, 1962. | Wellesley College | |
| referencedIn | Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973,. Creative writing questionnaires for writing class at University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1972. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Jean Wagner papers, 1945-1983 (inclusive), 1957-1963 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Gerson, Tove Gertrud Mueller, 1903-1998. Papers, 1919-1993 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | American Scholar, Records, 1926-2006, (bulk 1944-2005) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Hill, Roy L. Autograph letter signed Roy L. Hill to: "Mr. Redding" January 27, 1965. | Wellesley College | |
| referencedIn | Commencement 1964 photographs. | Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Warren Hunting Smith Library | |
| referencedIn | J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Fulani, Richard. Typed letter signed Richard Fulani to: "Brother Redding" | Wellesley College | |
| creatorOf | Paul Laurence Dunbar collection, 1892-1902. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Redding, Jay Saunders, 1906-1988. Papers, [ca. 1940-1980]. | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1919-1993 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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